Zhuxian Town woodblock New Year pictures, Henan opera, Henan pendants, wheat straw paintings, Lingbao shadow puppets, etc.
1. Zhuxian Town Woodblock New Year Pictures
Zhuxian Town Woodblock New Year Pictures are one of China’s ancient traditional handicrafts. As the originator of Chinese woodblock New Year paintings, they are mainly distributed in Kaifeng, Zhuxian Town and surrounding areas in Henan Province. The woodblock New Year paintings of Zhuxian Town have full compositions, rough and concise lines, simple and exaggerated shapes, and fresh and bright colors.
2. Henan Opera
It is one of the five major opera types in China and the largest local opera type in China. Contemporary Henan Opera has followed Henan Satellite TV, Henan Henan Theater, Taiwan Henan Opera Troupe and other performance groups to travel to many countries around the world, such as Australia, Italy, France, Canada, Venezuela, New Zealand, Germany, etc.
3. Wheat straw painting
Wheat straw painting is one of the unique handicrafts of the Han nationality and a kind of Chinese folk clip art. Although wheat straw painting comes from the folk, it is very rare. , and because of its status as a royal tribute. Wheat straw painting began in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It is a kind of clipping art like paper cutting and cloth stickers.
4. Henan Zhuizi
Henan Zhuizi originated from Henan. It is a traditional folk art form that combines popular folk arts such as Daoqing, Yinggeliu and Sanxianshu in Henan and northern Anhui. It has a history of about more than a hundred years. Popular in Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Tianjin, Beijing and other places. Because the main accompaniment instrument is "Zhuozi Xian" (now called Zhuihu) and it is sung in Henan dialect, it is called Henan Zhuozi.
5. Lingbao Shadow Play
Lingbao’s shadow play is the oldest among the shadow plays distributed in western Henan, and can be said to be a handed down treasure of the ancient city. Lingbao's shadow puppetry, also called Daoqing shadow puppetry, is a courtyard art that uses elegant Taoism singing and light shadow puppetry to interpret the content of opera.